Discover Monthelon

Monthelon offers travelers points of interest across three themes: vineyard landscapes, Champagne visits, and village history. The Demoiselles vineyard garden, the offerings of Champagne producers, and the village’s cultural and historical features address different trip-planning questions: Are you mainly interested in grape varieties and hiking trails, a visit that offers insight into production, or architectural and village history? This selection can help you tailor your stay in Monthelon to your interests. If you’re looking for hotels in Monthelon, the highlights described here can help you choose the themes for your trip.

Vineyard garden and hiking trail

At the Demoiselles vineyard garden, you can see Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Meunier grapes. This brings viticulture to life in the garden through specific grape varieties. The garden also has a tasting table where you can discover local Champagnes. If you plan to use the table, check in advance what is currently on offer, as visitor facilities may change.

The PR 141 footpath can be reached from the garden. A 2024 hiking brochure from Épernay Agglo describes the PR 141 Circuit des Trois Coteaux as a difficult route that passes through Monthelon: it is 19 km long, takes six hours, and has an elevation gain of 550 m. Distance, duration, difficulty, and elevation gain are different factors to consider when planning a hike. Check trail conditions before setting out.

Visits focused on Champagne production

At Champagne Dérouillat in Monthelon, you can tour the vineyard, press, fermentation room, and cellars. Tastings are also available; visits can be booked by reservation. This visit format includes several stages of production.

Champagne Julien Chopin offers a tour of the vineyards, cellar, disgorging room, and dressing room. This is followed by a Champagne tasting with small bites paired with food and wine. Confirm the booking arrangements before your visit. The two offerings differ, among other things, in the tour stops listed and in how the tasting is arranged.

Church, washhouse, and fresco

The Church of Saint Nicholas was built in 1869, houses around fifty statues, and preserves treasures from its predecessor church, which dates to the 12th century. The history of the church building therefore brings together two time periods: the construction date of the present church and the older predecessor church. The approximate number of statues adds a specific detail about the church’s furnishings to this historical context.

On a walk through Monthelon, you can discover a village washhouse. A fresco depicting viticulture is located at the cooperative’s loading dock. The church, washhouse, and fresco offer different perspectives: church and village history sit alongside a visual depiction of viticulture.

Panoramic views over the vineyard landscape

Three picnic areas in Monthelon offer panoramic views over the Champagne vineyard landscape. If you’d like to combine a view with a picnic break, these spots are an alternative to the difficult PR 141 Circuit des Trois Coteaux hiking route, which a 2024 brochure lists as taking six hours. The vineyard garden, in turn, focuses on grape varieties and the tasting table. This lets you choose between a hike lasting several hours, a garden with a direct connection to viticulture, and picnic spots with panoramic views.

Discover more destinations: Lisse-En-Champagne, La Chaussée-Sur-Marne, Eclaires, Dommartin-Varimont, Brouillet, Bouzy, Val-de-Vesle, Leuvrigny

For the overview of the wider region, see: Marne.